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The 10 Best Kosher Restaurants in Toronto

Healthy fare at Pantry Foods
Healthy fare at Pantry Foods | Courtesy of Pantry Foods

The best kosher restaurants in Toronto offer not only delicious homestyle meals, but also serve up health-conscious variations and fusions of traditional flavours. Here are 10 of the most popular kosher restaurants around the city.

Yehudale's Falafel & Pizza

Restaurant, Kosher

Yehudale’s Pizza & Falafel is located in Thornhill, serving up big slices of greasy and delicious pizza, falafel, as well as Tunisian sandwiches. Their falafel is legendary, but there is also great kosher poutine (using pareve gravy), huge calzone, and lasagna.

Pantry Foods

Cafe, Restaurant, Kosher, Vegetarian, Canadian

Falafel at Pantry Foods
Courtesy of Pantry Foods

Pantry Foods on Bathurst describes itself as offering “wholesome, straightforward, innovative food.” Located on Bathurst, Pantry offers a variety of dairy and vegetarian dishes including salads, sandwiches, fish entrees, and desserts – from breakfast to dinner. The emphasis is on offering healthier kosher food options.

Bubby’s Bagels

Restaurant, Kosher, Vegetarian, Seafood

Bubby’s Bagels offers fresh New York-style bagels in Thornhill, with more than 25 varieties of bagels, bialys, twists, and breadsticks to choose from. Additionally, Bubby’s has a full menu of breakfast and lunch options, along with a full line of packaged herrings, fish, spreads, and salads.

Aish Tanoor

Restaurant, Kosher, Middle Eastern, Israeli

Aish Tanoor is an Israeli-style kosher restaurant that offers a range of Middle Eastern “street-style” dishes, skewers, shawarma wraps, and more. They are known for their tandoor-style stove, which they use to make fresh laffa pitta bread to order.

Milk ‘N Honey

Restaurant, Kosher, Fast Food, Italian, Seafood

Milk N Honey can be found in North York. A restaurant and catering company that specializes in kosher comfort foods, popular menu items include pasta, deli-style sandwiches, panzerotti, and crêpes.

TOV-LI Pizza

Pizzeria, Restaurant, Kosher, Fast Food, Vegetarian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern

TOV-LI is has two popular locations on Bathurst Street specializing in vegetarian and Mediterranean food that is preservative-free. There is an extensive kosher menu that includes sandwiches, calzone, pasta, pizza, salads, fish, veggie burgers, soup, and all-day Israeli-style breakfast meals.

Dr. Laffa Restaurant

Restaurant, Kosher, Middle Eastern, Fast Food, Mediterranean

Dr. Laffa is a North York staple with two locations that offer a variety of Israeli-Iraqi recipes. With a cozy atmosphere, a flavourful menu that includes chicken schnitzel, kebab, lamb chops, tabouli salad, hummus msabbaha, falafel plates, baba ganoush, and kosher dishes.

The Kosher Gourmet

Restaurant, Kosher, Sushi, Fast Food, Salad Bar, Vegetarian

The Kosher Gourmet in North York provides fresh take-out and sushi, raw meats, poultry, salads, soups, and dips. They cater for house and office parties, along with preparing Shabbos Kiddushim and Shiva meals.

PizzaCafe

Pizzeria, Restaurant, Kosher, Canadian

Despite its name, PizzaCafe offers more than just pizza. There are breakfast options, sandwiches, pastas, salads, and soups on the menu, along with desserts and crêpes. Everything is prepared on a daily basis, and they also provide a catering service around the city.

About the author

Emily is a writer currently based in Montreal, Canada. She works with a number of online and print publications, mainly pursuing stories about arts and culture, travel, nature, and local history.

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